United States

Wildfires in Pointe Coupee, United States

Right now

No wildfires recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS) arrived 14 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

40, recorded here, since 19 September 2026

22 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 7 November 2026 (yesterday).

The 16th strongest of the 40 recorded here since 19 September 2026.

By month

  • February 20247 detections
  • March 20241 detections
  • April 20243 detections
  • May 202410 detections
  • June 202411 detections
  • July 20245 detections
  • August 202423 detections
  • September 202435 detections
  • October 2024236 detections
  • November 202492 detections
  • December 202471 detections
  • January 202526 detections
  • February 202514 detections
  • March 202527 detections
  • April 20259 detections
  • May 20252 detections
  • June 20255 detections
  • July 20258 detections
  • August 20253 detections
  • September 202547 detections
  • October 2025224 detections
  • November 2025160 detections
  • December 2025130 detections
  • January 202628 detections
  • February 202613 detections
  • September 202611
  • October 202624
  • November 20265

October 2026 is the most active month of the 3 in our series here, with 24 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

WildfiresLow

Possible fire near Zachary

7 November 202619:53 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 52 km from Opelousas

7 November 202618:13 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 33 km from Zachary

6 November 202620:12 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 45 km from Zachary

3 November 202618:45 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 45 km from Opelousas

3 November 202618:44 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 31 km from Baton Rouge

29 October 202620:18 UTCIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 36 km from Zachary

29 October 202618:38 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire near Zachary

20 October 202619:47 UTCIndex 57 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 52 km from Opelousas

20 October 202619:47 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 31 km from Baton Rouge

19 October 202620:06 UTCIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 41 km from Opelousas

18 October 202618:44 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 32 km from Zachary

17 October 202607:46 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 38 km from Zachary

16 October 202620:06 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 36 km from Zachary

15 October 202619:40 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 43 km from Opelousas

14 October 202620:00 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 31 km from Zachary

14 October 202607:46 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 32 km from Zachary

13 October 202620:18 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 37 km from Zachary

12 October 202619:40 UTCIndex 59 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 56 km from Opelousas

12 October 202619:40 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 37 km from Baton Rouge

12 October 202618:56 UTCIndex 59 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 48 km from Opelousas

11 October 202620:00 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 33 km from Baton Rouge

11 October 202619:15 UTCIndex 55 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 32 km from Baton Rouge

10 October 202619:34 UTCIndex 44 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 40 km from Zachary

9 October 202618:56 UTCIndex 55 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 34 km from Zachary

8 October 202620:12 UTCIndex 53 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 46 km from Opelousas

8 October 202620:12 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 38 km from Zachary

7 October 202619:34 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 45 km from Opelousas

1 October 202618:06 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 32 km from Zachary

1 October 202607:45 UTCIndex 53 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 40 km from Opelousas

30 September 202620:06 UTCIndex 43 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 36 km from Opelousas

29 September 202619:40 UTCIndex 36 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 43 km from Zachary

28 September 202619:03 UTCIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 44 km from Zachary

27 September 202619:22 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire near Baton Rouge

27 September 202608:03 UTCIndex 39 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 34 km from Zachary

26 September 202619:40 UTCIndex 59 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 35 km from Baton Rouge

26 September 202618:56 UTCIndex 53 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Possible fire 34 km from Baton Rouge

25 September 202620:00 UTCIndex 53 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 34 km from Baton Rouge

24 September 202619:34 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 35 km from Baton Rouge

23 September 202619:53 UTCIndex 35 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Possible fire 33 km from Baton Rouge

19 September 202620:12 UTCIndex 27 · version not recorded

Towns with the most events here

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

Administrative boundaries: geoBoundaries (geoboundaries.org), Public Domain. geoboundaries.org